THE CHICAGO MASSACRE OF 1812 WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS

JOSEPH KIRKLAND,

Verlag: DIBBLE PUBLISHING COMPANY, CHICAGO, IL, 1893

Beschreibung

THE PAPER COVERS ARE DETACHED, THE PAPER COVER OF THE SPINE IS PARTIALLY ABSENT. THE INTERIOR PAGES ARE CLEAN AND TIGHTLY INTACT. THE BOOKSHOP STAMP OF BOOKSELLER FRANK M. MORRIS IN CHICAGO AT THE TURN OF THE 20 TH CENTURY IS ON THE TITLE PAGE. ON THE FRONT COVER OF THE BOOK, THERE IS A DRAWING OF THE CHICAGO BRONZE MONUMENT OF THE FORT DEARBORN MASSACRE DEPICTING THE INDIAN BLACK PARTRIDGE SPARING THE LIFE OF MRS. HELM DURING THE FORT DEARBORN MASSACRE. THERE ARE ELEVEN INFORMATIVE APPENDICES WITH HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING THAT OF POINTE DE SAIBLE, A HAITIAN WHO IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST SETTLER IN CHICAGO WITH ENGRAVING ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE CHICAGO RIVER AT THE JUNCTION OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH BRANCHES AND A MAP OF THE MOUTH OF THE CHICAGO RIVER BOTH AS THEY EXISTED IN 1830. THERE ARE ENGRAVINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WHISTLER FAMILY, THE KINZIE FAMILY, THE WELLS AND HEALD FAMILIES, JOHN LALIME, BILLY CALDWELL AND OTHERS EARLY PIONEERS. THERE ARE MULTIPLE B/W PHOTOGRAPHS AND DRAWINGS OF THE 1812 MASSACRE SITE, RELICS AND DESCENDANTS OF THE PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE MASSACRE EVENT. THIS IS AN UNCOMMLY FOUND HISTORICAL BOOK OF EARLY CHICAGO. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 002173

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE CHICAGO MASSACRE OF 1812 WITH ...

Verlag: DIBBLE PUBLISHING COMPANY, CHICAGO, IL

Erscheinungsdatum: 1893

Einband: STIFF PAPER ILLUSTRATED WRAPS

Zustand: POOR CONDITION

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED

Auflage: First Edition.